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This is Arts & Comms: Behind the Stories.

The College of Fine Arts and Communications strives to support students and faculty in their studies and professional pursuits by providing quality learning experiences in both the classroom and the real world. Thanks to generous donors and excellent educators, we can walk side by side with our students to teach them the skills necessary to succeed in their field of choice.

This past year, a number of disciplines within the college have been able to not only provide students with life-changing experiences, but document them as well.

Theatre and Media Arts, Dance and Communications were able to share all that went into some of their more recent prestigious projects. We invite you to enjoy the work these departments have proudly produced.
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Arts & Comms: Behind the Stories | Season 2 Trailer

SEASON 2

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Arts & Comms Season 2: Home Page

Communications Students in a Real Research Environment

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Living Legends Keeps Traditions Alive

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From Sea to Shining Sea: TMA Students and the ‘States of America’ Project

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Meet Featured Students

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Camilla Owens

Camilla Owens is a graduate student studying mass communications. She is currently researching the impacts of social media on health, such as the impacts of beauty filters on an individual’s desire to undergo elective cosmetic surgery procedures.


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Brandon Carraway

Brandon Carraway is a media arts student. He appreciates the one-on-one mentorship opportunities the program provides. The media arts program has encouraged Carraway to continue to make “beautiful, meaningful and spiritual” projects.

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Emma Volz

Emma Volz is a media arts student. She was an editor for the South Dakota episode of professor Brad Barber’s “States of America” project, which she feels helped improve her technical skills. Her work on this project will be able to be viewed nationwide.
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Efrain Villalobos

Efrain Villalobos is currently working as a talent acquisition specialist for BYU. He said being the Latin section leader for the Living Legends dance team has taught him discipline in the arts, as well as his studies, work and calling with the church.
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Meet Featured Faculty Members

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Kevin John

Kevin John

Kevin John has been working in the BioComms Lab since he was a student at BYU. Now, as a professor, he still spends time in the BioComms Lab working as a mentor for students. Major focuses of his research are health communication and media effects.

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Jamie Kalama Wood

Jamie Kalama Wood

Jamie Kalama Wood has been the artistic director for Living Legends since 2019. She has performed on stages across the country and has been performing and teaching the arts for many years.

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Brad Barber

Brad Barber is an Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker. He has been teaching documentary production in BYU’s Theatre & Media Arts Department since 2007. Most recently, he is working on his “States of America” project with TMA students.

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